Bereaved But Still Me

By Anna Jaworski

What's Bereaved But Still Me about?

"Bereaved But Still Me" is a podcast for the bereaved community that was formerly known as "Heart to Heart with Michael." As we entered Season 5, we decided to rebrand our podcast to make it easier for the bereaved community to find us. We are happy to announce that "Heart to Heart with Michael," was nominated for a 2020 WEGO Health Award. "Heart to Heart with Michael" was a finalist in the Health Podcast category. This was a great honor for our podcast."Bereaved But Still Me" is a product of the Hearts Unite the Globe Network of Podcasts. Our Host is Michael Liben, our Producer is Nancy Taylor Jensen, and our Executive Producer is Anna Jaworski. Our monthly program has been designed to empower, educate, and support the bereaved community. New episodes are broadcast every 1st Thursday of the month.For more information about the "Bereaved But Still Me," please check out our website: www.heartsunitetheglobe.org and look at the "Bereaved But Still Me" tab.

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03.02.2023

What is Amy’s House? Where can someone needing a place to stay while receiving a transplant in Central Texas? What can you do to help someone receiving a transplant?Phyllis Renfrow is the executive director of Amy’s House. Amy's House is ...

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03.02.2023 Phyllis Renfrow and Amy’s House What is Amy’s House? Where can someone needing a place to stay while receiving a transplant in Central Texas? What can you do to help someone receiving a transplant?Phyllis Renfrow is the executive director of Amy’s House. Amy's House is ...
02.02.2023 Tara Reynolds and the Wings of Love What are the Wings of Love? How can someone help a loved one when they’re diagnosed with a potentially life-threatening condition? Can we still enjoy life after dealing with cancer?Tara Reynolds developed Wings of Love, a 48-card oracle deck featuring ...
01.05.2023 Jen Burgard How can a mother handle losing a baby? What happened to Jen Burgard after she lost her son, Henry? Why did Jen start a podcast?This episode features Jen Burgard...A native of the upper Midwest, Jen Burgard is a mom to ...
12.01.2022 Finding Meaning Through Loss How can a bereaved father introduce his daughter to the world so that she inspires people who never met her? How long should a father grieve the loss of his precious baby? What methods can a person use to overcome ...
11.03.2022 When Faith Doesn’t Erase Grief What pushed Kate Meyer into becoming an ordained minister? How did being a minister channel her into becoming a hospice counselor? What inspired Kate Meyer to write a book?Kate Meyer is an ordained minister, licensed professional counselor, and author who ...
10.06.2022 Comfort During the Holidays for Bereaved Parents This is the holiday season, usually a time when most people celebrate and find joy but for some of us who are bereaved, it’s difficult for us to experience joy especially when we see everyone around us in such a ...
09.01.2022 The Multi-faceted Pictures of Grief in our Lives Kendra Rinaldi is a grief and life transitions coach who has experienced grief many times in her life. Some of the most poignant moments were the tragic and sudden death of her sister in 1996, a miscarriage during her first ...
08.04.2022 Grief to Love: A Blueprint for the Living Silke Herwald worked for many years with the bereaved community but it went to a much deeper level when her only sister died of cancer. She supported her parents and brother-in-law through their loss and their shared grief brought them ...
07.07.2022 The Circus of Grief: A Love Letter in Motion What?! A Circus of Grief? How can we take our grief in a new direction? Can we still enjoy life after the loss of a loved one?Sherry Walling is an author and clinical psychologist. She’s also an amateur circus artist ...
06.02.2022 The Kaddish and its Role in Mourning What Jewish prayers deal specifically with mourning? How have prayers of mourning changed over time? How is this Jewish prayer surprisingly connected to Christian prayers?Rabbi Dalia Marx, Ph.D., is the Rabbi Aaron D. Panken Professor of Liturgy and Midrash at ...
05.05.2022 Losing My Daughter, Gaining a Bus & a New Purpose How do you say "hello" to one child while you're saying "good-bye" to another? Why was going to sleep such a terrifying experience for Megan? What was the big lesson Megan and her family learned after Aria passed away?Megan Hillukka ...
04.07.2022 When a Comedian Loses a Brother Jordon Ferber is the Host of “Where’s the Grief?” Jordon Ferber’s only brother Russell was killed in a car accident in 2002 at the age of 21. He was just about to graduate from The Culinary Institute of America with ...
03.03.2022 Losing a Son to Cerebral Palsy How can a father deal with losing a son to cerebral palsy? What does it mean to have cerebral palsy? What advice does a father of two sets of twins have for others who have premature babies with severe birth ...
02.03.2022 Marriage 2.0: Saying, “I Do” Again The loss of a spouse may be the hardest thing we can ever face. Lingering questions might haunt us seemingly forever. If I remarry, will I somehow diminish my first husband or wife? Must I, therefore, remain alone for the ...
01.06.2022 Losing My Son; Finding New Purpose On August 15, 2018, while traveling to a minor league baseball game, the unthinkable happened. Marcy’s car was rear-ended and her 14-year-old son was killed instantly. Marcy’s world, and that of her family, was immediately crushed. Marcy, a pediatrician, struggled ...
12.24.2021 Five-Year Anniversary Special This is a very special episode in which Michael talks with "Bereaved But Still Me" (BBSM) friends and family who have been with us during the last five years. Together we've learned that grief shared is divided while joy shared ...
12.07.2021 A Duet of Joy and Sorrow with Alden Solovy In this episode, “A Duet of Joy and Sorrow with Alden Solovy” we’ll be taking a look at some of the issues surrounding that very challenge.Alden Solovy spreads joy and excitement for prayer. An American Israeli liturgist, poet, lyricist, author, ...
11.04.2021 Cycling Through the Pain What can we learn from others who have lived through traumatic experiences? Why would someone bicycle almost 5000 miles across the country alone?By the time David Richman was in his late 30s, he knew he needed to make a change. ...
10.07.2021 Sometimes the Answer is “No" Can we talk to people who have a different faith than we do about grief and death? What can we learn from each other? What value is there in talking to people of different faiths when it comes to grief ...
09.02.2021 A Christian Perspective on Grief by Suicide Grief is a difficult topic to discuss but talking about loss by suicide seems to be even more challenging. How does losing a child by suicide affect your life? How can a person’s faith help them cope with the loss ...
08.05.2021 The Trauma and Grief of Being a Reporter How does a person react to having to give bad news day after day, even hour after hour? When COVID-19 news is what is being talked about around the clock for months, how does that affect a news correspondent? What ...
07.01.2021 David Ossman on Peter Bergman: What's All This Brouhaha? Part 2 What?! David Ossman again? No, you’re not insane. Welcome to Side 6 as Michael meets up one more time, here at Bob’s Berserko Lounge, with Firesign Theater’s David Ossman to talk about the life, times, and comedy of Peter Bergman.In ...
06.03.2021 David Ossman On Philip Austin: What’s All This Brouhaha? David Ossman is an American writer and performer, best known as a quarter of The Firesign Theatre, whose collective work includes comedy albums, plays, films, and radio shows. He’s best known for his role as George Leroy (“Porgie”) Tirebiter in ...
05.06.2021 Remembering the Precious Moments What happens when we lose our spouse unexpectedly? Why does it seem that sometimes, when it rains, it pours? How does a person recover when she’s facing trauma after trauma?Jenny Muscatell dealt with a faith-stretching kind of growth in 2013. ...
04.01.2021 Edy Nathan on EMDR and Hypnotherapy Who is Edy Nathan? Why would someone choose to use EMDR therapy to cope with grief? What is EMDR? Why would a therapist use hypnotherapy to help someone cope with grief? What is hypnotherapy? We’ll discover answers to these questions ...
03.04.2021 A Question of Faith: Grief in Jewish Thought In this episode, we speak with Rabbi Dan Liben, of Temple Israel of Natick, about faith and grief. Lots of people talk about faith. They may talk about faith in God or faith in man or faith in science, but ...
02.04.2021 Loss - Putting the Shards of our Lives Together with Evan Kent Our Guest, Evan Kent earned his doctorate in music education from Boston University in 2014. His doctoral research examined how music at Jewish summer camps in North America assists in the development of Jewish identity. For 25 years, Evan was ...
01.07.2021 Bereavement from a Palliative Care Nurse’s Perspective Who is Adrianne Behning? Why would someone choose to go into nursing and specifically become a palliative care nurse? What is a palliative care nurse? How has being a palliative care nurse affected Adrianne’s philosophy of life? What about her ...
12.03.2020 מתנת חיים : תרומת איברים ד"ר תמר אשכנזי היא המתאמת הלאומית של התוכנית הישראלית לתרומות איברים, והיא תדבר בתוכנית שלנו על ההיסטוריה של תרומות איברים בישראל, ואיך המודעות לעניין זה התפתחה וממשיכה לגדול. היא תדבר גם על איך ההגדרה החוקית של קביעת המוות כמוות מוחי ...
11.05.2020 Eldercare Financial Planning What do we need to prepare for our loved ones so that when we pass, they will know our last wishes? What can we do to make sure that when we pass. our loved ones will be able to make ...
10.01.2020 The Gift of Life: Organ Donation Tamar Ashkenazi, Ph.D., national coordinator of Israel’s national transplant system,discusses the history of transplants in Israel, how transplant awareness has grown and how the definition of death as brain death has allowed more people to become donors. Israel has adopted ...
09.03.2020 Grieving Beyond Gender Do men and women grieve differently from each other, or is there a better way to understand the way they mourn? Dr. Kenneth J. Doka talks with Michael about a spectrum from Intuitive grievers to Instrumental grievers, and that how ...
08.06.2020 Grief and Unexpected Allies Grief and trauma expert, Edy Nathan, LCSW, MA, joins Michael Liben in this episode of "Heart to Heart with Michael' with a unique outlook on grief and loss. Edy Nathan uses a number of techniques to help people find their ...
07.02.2020 Financial Planning for Everyone This month, Heart to Heart with Michael sits down with Laura Redfern, Certified Financial Planner, and will be looking at some of the things that each of us can do in order to better plan for our family’s future. Oftentimes ...
06.04.2020 Disenfranchised Grief Are there times when it seems inappropriate to grieve in public? What happens when those around us fail to recognize our grief or our right to grieve? Dr. Kenneth J. Doka takes us through the concept of Disenfranchised Grief, and ...
05.07.2020 Boomers on the Launching Pad 2 Boomers on the Launching Pad 2 picks up our continuing conversation with comedians, actors, writers, and all-around great people Philip Proctor and Jamie Alcroft. In a round table discussion, they talk with Host Michael Liben about birth, death, life - ...
04.02.2020 Boomers on the Launching Pad This month on "Heart to Heart with Michael," Philip Proctor is back this time with fellow Boomer, Jamie Alcroft. Recorded back in those thrilling days of yestermonth when men could sit at the same table and share a microphone. In ...
03.05.2020 Rebuilding Life after the Loss of a Sibling This episode of "Heart to Heart with Michael" features Jay Handlin. A childhood friend of Host Michael Liben, for the very first time they openly discuss what Jay's life was life for him after the loss of his brother. These ...
02.06.2020 Grief in the United States Military Steve Gambichler is a retired Lieutenant Colonel in the United States Army. He was an Army Aviation Officer and he served for 32 years from 1985 to 2018. Steve deployed for Operation Iraq Freedom 2003, invasion of Iraq, and then ...
01.02.2020 Beyond the Five Stages of Grief This episode is “Beyond the Five Stages of Grief” and our guest is Carole Sanek. Carole tells us about the trauma of her husband's death following his stroke. She also tells us what Complicated Grief is and how ART (Accelerated ...
12.05.2019 A Look Back at 2019 This is a look back at the Heart to Heart with Michael episodes that aired in 2019. Host Michael Liben reviews Season 3, the Guests and provides excerpts from each episode. Special thanks to all of our Guests: Nancy Jensen, ...
11.21.2019 הקשר שבין הגוף לנפש בתהליכי ריפוי חני סידיס גרה בחיפה. היא עובדת כמרפאת בעיסוק, ומשתמשת במחול כדי לעזור למטופלים שלה להבין את הקשר שבין הגוף ונפש. היא עובדת עם המטופלים שלה בעזרת תנועתיות מיוחדת , שעוזרת להם ומאפשרת להם לחבר בין הגוף והנפש , בכדי לנסות ...
11.07.2019 Talking About Grief in the Armed Forces Dr. Sandra Schatz is a Clinical Psychologist who works with soldiers at Fort Hood Army Base.Her days are spent conducting psychological testing, individual therapy, and group therapy for problems ranging from post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) to adjusting from being away ...
10.03.2019 Grief as a Lifelong Process Hannah Sherebrin returns on this episode of Heart to Heart with Michael to talk with him about how she has learned to process her grief through art. With a very traumatic event occurring in her childhood, surviving the Holocaust, she ...
09.04.2019 Processing Grief Through Art How can we use art to help us with our grief? Hannah Sherebrin, M.S., ATR, RN is a retired Director of the Art Craft studio of the University of Western Ontario, Canada. She moved to Israel in 1997 where she ...
08.01.2019 Healing Brokenness Through Prayer Alden Solovy talks with Michael about his wife Ami, his passion for writing prayers, his current projects and where we can buy his books.Alden Solovy spreads joy and excitement through prayer. A liturgist and poet, his work has been used ...
07.04.2019 The Mind-Body Connection in Healing Hanny Sidis is from Haifa Israel. Hanny is an occupational, dance, and mind and body therapist. She works with people through movement to connect the body and mind in order to work through a variety of issues such as relationships, ...
06.06.2019 Crying in the Shower and Learning to Laugh Again Our guest is Ron Glenn Kelly, author of Sometimes I Cry in the Shower. Ron is no stranger to grief and today he’ll tell us his personal story and how he is committed to helping others deal with grief in ...
05.02.2019 If Grief is a Game, Can Anyone Win? Danny Mack is a graduate of The University of North Texas and Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary. He is currently the Director of Spiritual and Social Services for Christian Care Hospice. Danny Mack, a.k.a. The Happy-o-logist, is a philosopher, theologian, motivational ...
04.04.2019 From Tragedy to Blessing For the very first time the Host of our program, Michael Liben, will be on the other side of the microphone as he becomes the Guest and Guest Host C Jay Anderson takes over! Michael shares with C Jay what ...

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